Example 39-39

el, ɛl

el,

3sg.m

ɛl

3sg.f

he, she

Comment:

The gender distinction in 3rd person singular independent pronouns, demonstrated above, is not always valid. Very often, the form el is used with masculine as well as feminine referents and, in that sense, it is ambigous. The form ɛl, on the other hand, always unambiguously refers to a feminine entity.